B-13
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Managing
ACE

Real

Servers

From

vSphere

Client

•
Refreshing
the

Displayed

Real

Ser

ver

Information,

page
B-20
Adding
a

Real

Server
You
can

add

one

or

more

real

servers

to

the

list

of

ACE

real

servers

associated

with

a

VM.

The

Cisco
ACE
SLB

t

ab

allows

you

select

a

VM

and

define

it

as

a

re

al

server

on

ANM,

associating

i

t

with

an
existing
ACE

virtual

context

and

server

farm.
Guidelines
and

Limitations
You
can

add

only

one

real

server

at

a

time.

Repeat

the

procedure

in

this

section

for

each

real

server

that
you
want

to

add.
Procedure
Step
1
From
the

VM

t

ree

i

n
VMware
vSphere
Client,
do

one


of

t

he
following:

•
To
display

the

ACE

real

server

information

in

the

current

window,

click

on

a

VM

and

then

click

the
Cisco
ACE

SLB

ta

b.

•
To
display
the
ACE

real

server

information
in
a

new

window,

right-click

on

a

VM

to

open

the
submenu
and

choose

Cisco

ACE

Activate/Suspend.
The
Security

Alert

popup

window

appears.

This

popup

window

appears

because

ANM

uses

a

Cisco
self-signed
certificate.
Step
2
From
the

Security

Alert

popup

window,

click
Ye
s


to

proceed.
The
popup

window

closes

and

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

window

appears,

displaying
the
ACE

Reals

table.
Step
3
From
the
ACE
Reals

table,

click
Add.
The
Real

Ser

ver

Configurations

dialog

box

appears.
Step
4
From
the

Real

Ser

ver

Configurations

dialog

window,

configure

the

real

server

to
add
usi

ng
the
information
in

Ta

b

l

e


B-7 .
Ta
b

l

e


B-7
Real
Server

Attributes
Field
Description
Real
Server

Name
Unique
name

for

this

server.

By

default,

the

name

of

the

selected

VM

is

displayed.

Valid
entries
ar

e

unquoted

t

ext

strings

with

no

spaces

and

a

ma

ximum

of


64

characters.
Real
Server

IP

Address
Unique
IP

address

i

n

dot

ted-decimal

format

(such

as


192.168.11.1).

The

drop-down

list

is
populated
with

the

IP

address

or

addresses

assigned

to

the

selected

VM.

If

no

IP

addresses
were
found

for

the

VM,

you

can

manually

enter

an

IP

address

in

this

field.
Real
Server

Port
Real
server

port

number.

Valid

entries

are

from

1

to

65535.
Real
Server

Weight
Weight
to

assign

to

this

real

server

in

a

server

farm.

Valid

entries

are

1

to

100.

The

default

is

8.